The Daily Rundown - June 15, 2026
🎭 In 2025, Fallout Fringe Festival debuted in Downtown Las Vegas with 35 edgier, more experimental stage productions, rounding out some 135 total performances. This year, it’s not only returning — it’s grown. There are more venues, more productions, more performances — and more collaborators.
The monthlong event (June 3-25) encourages its participants to showcase boundary-pushing works that challenge traditional theater; last year, Fallout Fringe artistic director and co-founder Breon Jenay, called Fallout a performance art festival. Dentata (June 12-13) is based on a misogynistic myth about women, and features an outrageous puppet and language associated with witches.
And speaking of witches Hysterics (June 10-14) incorporates the infamous witch trials of late 17th century Salem as both a setting and a mirror to the current sociopolitical environment. Hear the full conversation by Mike Prevatt here.
🎲 The Nevada Gaming Control Board has asked Nevada's First Judicial District Court to hold Kalshi in contempt on Friday. CDC Gaming reports, regulators claim the prediction market operator violated a May 18 judicial order. That order banned Kalshi from offering sports betting contracts within Nevada.
Kalshi allegedly failed to implement proper geofencing to block Nevada users. The company reportedly processes hundreds of millions of dollars in wagers on major sporting events. The Board claims Kalshi relies on an unreliable internet protocol location system. Investigators successfully purchased restricted event contracts on Kalshi's app. These purchases included contracts for professional sports games and a celebrity wedding.
Unlicensed prediction markets violate state law. The Board considers these specific event contracts to be illegal wagering activity. The Board requested a finding of contempt against the company. Regulators want the court to impose significant monetary penalties. They suggested a daily sanction of $120,000, or "disgorgement of all ill-gotten gains."
⚡ The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada will hold its annual general consumer session at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the PUCN building in Las Vegas, according to reporting by Public News Service's Suzanne Potter. Kristee Watson, executive director of the Nevada Conservation League said she plans to ask commissioners to oppose NV Energy’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, which proposes building three new methane-burning power plants to meet future demand from data centers.
“Within 20 years, we're looking at 64% of the total electricity that NV Energy provides to the state could potentially be utilized by data centers if the number of data centers that want to come here get approved,” Watson said. NV Energy also wants approval to add large solar arrays and battery storage facilities. Watson said the PUCN should make it easier for people to afford rooftop solar, which she said would be much less expensive than the $5 billion to $6 billion it would cost to build three new gas power plants.
Audrey Peral, program director for the nonprofit Chispa Nevada effort said the PUCN should make sure ratepayers do not get stuck with the bill for artificial intelligence-related infrastructure, because many working families are already strapped. In a statement, NV Energy said its plan calls for large-load customers to make long-term commitments and cover the cost of infrastructure. The consumer session will not be livestreamed, but people can submit written comments through the commission website.
🤰 Pregnancy-related deaths among Indigenous women are higher than any other ethnic group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Federal funding is supporting several studies and an outreach campaign to help address the issue.
Carolyn Roman, a research manager with the University of New Mexico, participated in Climate and Cradles, a National Indian Health Board study. During an online conference discussing the results of the study Roman said, “45% of women with the highest exposures to multiple metals, have approximately 3-fold times greater risk of pre-term births. And pre-natal exposure to metals has also been shown in other studies to be associated with miscarriage.,” said during an online conference discussing the results of the study.
Data shows the vast majority of maternal deaths occur after giving birth. Other studies like the Navajo Birth Study showed another factor—the long term, adverse effects of exposure to chemicals, like arsenic and uranium. Hear the full story by the Mountain West News Bureau's Yvette Fernandez here.
🏒 The Vegas Golden Knights’ improbable run through the Stanley Cup Final came to a crashing halt Sunday night with a 3-0 loss to Carolina in Game 6. Vegas, which has been to the Cup final three times in its nine-year existence, had never been shutout in a Stanley Cup Final game. In all three trips to the final, the champion celebrated on the Golden Knights' home ice.
In Vegas' first year, it was Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals celebrating after winning in five games. In 2023, the Knights won the Cup in just their sixth year, beating the Florida Panthers in five games.
Sunday, it was the Hurricanes who stormed into T-Mobile Arena and dominated behind the stellar play of goalie Brandon Bussi. As the Hurricanes raced from the bench to celebrate, and later skated around the ice with the Cup, several thousand Carolina fans in attendance cheered them on.
“It’s not a good feeling right now, this is tough to be on the side of it,” Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb said. “But on the other side, luckily, these chances don’t come around very often. So, it stings. You guys have no idea what some of these guys went through, and just the fact that they’re out there, it’s pretty special to be a part of.”
For Vegas, it was the end of a magical ride that began on March 30, when John Tortorella replaced Bruce Cassidy as coach, with hopes of sparking life into one of the league’s most talented lineups, but one that had lost its spark. Read the full story here.
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